Railroad-tie.



W. R. DOUGHTY,

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1917.

1,242,782 Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

.2 SHEETSSHEET I.

INVENTQR WITNESSES I ATTo R N EY W. R. DOUGHTY.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 9.1917.

1,242,782. Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET Z- WITNESSES I WILLIAM DOUGHTY, or WAYLAND', new YonK.

RAILROAD-TIE.

I Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Octfl), 1917.,

Application filed July 9, 1917, Serial No. 179,485.

To all whom, it md'y concern I Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. DoUoH'rY, a citizen: of:- t 1ie United"States, residing at WayIandLIin' 'the county Iof Steuben and' State of New"York,, have invented newgand useful Improvementsin Railroad-Ties, I of which the following isa-spjecification;

This invention relates to improvements in e metallic ties for railway rails, and has for its rimary object to provide means whereby tie rails may be quickly and securely locked I ,as occasion requires.

' way rails, wherein the rails are connected tothe 'tie without the employment of spikes,

" formed therewith, elements designed to en-- the/opposite sides of the tie, the latter rail engaging elements being removable, to perupon the tie, or "readily removed therefrom I It is a further ob ect of the invention to produce a. metallic tie for supporting railbolts and analogous securing elements.

Astill further object of the invention is to produce a metallic tie having integrally gage with one of the sides of the rails which j-f'are supported upon the tie, the'said tie being further provided with removable rail engaging elements designed to engage with I mit of the rails bein first laid upon the ties and engaged by the rst mentioned elements and thereafter engaged by the last mentioned elements, whereby not only-to facilitate the laying of the rails, but also the man- U ner'of locking the same upon the ties.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the natureof the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

' Figure 1 is a perspective vlewfof a tie con structed in accordance with the present invention and illustrating the rails secured thereon.

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged central longitudinal sectional view, showing one of the ends of the tie and one of the rails upon the tie- T Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the ends of the tie with the locking element removed therefrom.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of a removable rail engagingelement, and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bolt operatingmemberhaving the removable rail engaging. elements.

samebeing'preferably constructed of a substantiallyrectangular body of metal, the same, uponits upper face, being provided with vertical extensions or lugs 2 2, one being arranged near the end of the tie and the other inward of the opposite end of the- 't1e, both of the said lugs 2 having one of their edges undercut to provide lips 3, and

these lips are designed to engage withthe base flanges of the rails 4, as clearly illustrated by-the drawings. 4

. y The tie is indicated'by the numeral 1, the

The-tie, at a suitable distance from the referred to lugs 2, is formed with substantially rectangular pockets ,5, the walls of the said pockets, nearest: the respective lugs 2 being beveled inwardly as at 6, the opposite end walls being vertical. but provided with an approximately centrally arranged longitu dinally extending slot- 7 The opposite side or longitudinal walls'pr'ovided by the depressionso are parallel, and the tie proper is cut parallel to the said side walls'and outward thereof forming a horizontally disposed shoulder 8 for each of the said side walls. The pockets ,5 provide pockets for the reduced inner portions of the removable rail engaging members9, the same being in the nature or. substantially rectangular block members, each of which having one of its ends formed with an extension provided with a lip 10,the said lip being designed to engage with the edge and overlie the flange of the base of the rail opposite that engaged by the lips 3 of the lugs 2. v The ends of the rail engaging members provided with thelips 10 are formedwith an oppositely beveled portion or tongue 11. and'the said tongues of the respective members are'adapted to engage with the beveled end walls of. the re-' The referred to'under 'face of eachof the rail engaging members 9 spective pockets 5.

is of a less width than the body of the said members, forming the body proper1 with what I will term shoulders 12, and these shoulders are designed to rest upon. the

shoulders 8 01". the pockets 5. The reduced under face of the body is indicated bythe character 13 andmay, as illustrated in the drawings,, comprise two spaced members, one of which forming a portion of the tongue 11 and the other or outer memberbeing in the nature of a-housing 14 for there.-

, the bolt proper.

ception of a sliding bolt 15. The bolt has its outer end, from its upper face beveled inwardly as at 16, and the numeral 17 desi nate's a helioalspring, having one of'its en received in a depression or socket in themner member upon the lower face of the rail uengaging elements 9, which, for, distinction,

is indicated by the numeral 18, the opposite end of the said spring surrounding a reduced extension upon-the nner endof the bolt 15,

and contacting with the said extension and The bolt, upon its outer surface is provided with a slot 19 communicating with a preferably angularly disposed opening 20 provlded in the upper face of each of the rail engaging members 9, and

. designed to be passed throughthe opening 20, and engaged inthedepression 19 of the bolt is a suitable instrument such as illus:

trated by. the dotted line's illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the walls of the opening providing a, fulcrumfor the said instrument, whereby,,when the same is swung upon v such. fulcrum, thebolt may 'be retracted against the pressure of the spring 171 to bring the end-thereof out of the slot inthe endiwalls of the respective pockets 5.

: ments" are arranged 'intheir respective pock ets, the bolt being depressed against the tension ofthe springs until the shoulders of the locking elements are arranged upon. the shoulders 'of the pockets, whereupon the bolts will be brought to proper alinement with the slots 7 which form thekeepers for the said bolts.'and the looking elements, it

will be noted, cannot he accidentally re moved from thetie without the employment of a suitable instrument therefor.

From the foregoing description, it is thought, the simplicity and advantages of theconstruction, will be apparent Without further detailed description.

It may, however, be necessary to state, that the openings 20 are normally closed'by j a removable rail engagin removable plugs, so that dirt or other foreign matter cannot enter therein.

Having thus described the invention, what lc'laimis:

1. A metallic tie having a rail engaging lug integrally formed therewith and having "a pocket disposed adjacent to the lug, one of the'end walls provided by the pockets being beveled, the opposite 'wall being slotted, a removable railengaging element, designed to be received in the pocket, and having an inclined end toengage with the beveled end wall of the pocket, a spring pressed latch bolt upon the-{said element designed to be received in the slot inthe oppositeend of the pocket, and means,- operative eXteriorly of the element for actuating the boltto bring the same to an unlocking position to permit oft-he separation of the" element from the tie.

2. A metallic tie having a rail engaging lug integrally formed "therewith and having a pocket disposed adjacent to the lug, one of the end walls provided by the pocket being beveled, theopposi-te end wall being slotted, b 5* element designed to be received in the pocl ret, and having an inclined end toiengage with'thebeveledend wall of themocket, and a spring pressed latch boltupofn the said element designed to be received'fn'the slot in the opposite end 'of the pocket A' metal tie having a rail'eiigaginglug integrally formed therewith and having a rectangular pocket disposed adjacent said lug, the. 'wall'of the pocket"adjacen't'the lug being beveled inwardly, the opposite wall of the pocket having a slot, the sidewalls provided by the pocket being steppedto form a shoulder at the upper edges thereof, aremovable rail engaging element including a shoulders and having a rail engaging lip, said body having a central reduced portion designed to be engaged in the pocket proper,

and having one of its ends beveled to co-engage with the beveled end Wall of the pocket, a springpressed bolt carried by the rail engaging member and designed to be received in the referred toslot' in the outer endwall; of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

- WILLIAM R. noUeHTY.

body portion designed to rest'upon the 

